In 2009, the Fayette County 4H program colloborated with the UK Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Department, Fayette County Public Schools other community partners to restore a stream at a local elementary school. The vision was to improve 700 feet of Mill Creek. The stream was an eroding, urban ditch that divided Millcreek Elementary School playground and was becoming a safety hazard for the school children. The goal for the project was to improve water quality, create more and better habits for animals and aquatic life as well as provide a facility for environmental education. Techniques and measures were taken to create a natural stream with riffles and pools, fish and frogs, wildflowers, trees and trails. Wetlands, a rain garden, a riparian forest buffer, wildflowers native grasses and erosion controls were installed to reduce sediment, trash, nutrients and pollutants from stormwater runoff. To make the project even more Green, biodegradable or recycled materials consisted of over 99 percent of materials used in the construction. Over 1,000 cubic yards of wood chips were donated by local tree trimmers to use as erosion control. The most innovative feature of the site is the treatment aquifer. It consists of limestone rock and wood chips that were placed below ground surface as the stream channel was constructed. This approach uses natural biological activity to capture and remove nutrients such as nitrogen. As a result of this project, students at Millcreek Elementary use this wetland as part of their ongoing educational learning activities. Stream days are held once a month when students have a chance to sample water quality, identify fish and macroinvertebrates, plant trees, etc. This project also serves as an ongoing educational facility for UK Students as well. During agent inservice, a UK professor making a presentation about the project discussed how she regularly takes her UK students to the Wetland to let them do research study and work with the students at Millcreek. This hands-on approach enables students to learn by experiencing the various components of the site, in addition to understanding how day to day activities within the watershed can impact water quality.